Delivery mechanism.



No. 708,836. Patented Sept. 9,1902.

w. SCOTT. I

DELIVERY nEcuAmsm.

"Application filed Sept. 24. 1896.;

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Pgten-ted Sept. 9, 1902.

W. SCOTT.

DELIVERY MECHANISM.

(Application filed Sept. 24. 1896.)

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UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE, V

f WALTER soon, or PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

DE'LivEnY MECHANISM,

' srsorrroa'rionlro min paxt'of Letters Patent 1N0.- 708,836, satesSeptember 9, 19o

' -A pplicatio'n filedSpteinber24:,

T at whom itqnay concern: 4

Be it known thatI, YVALTER SCOT C P, a citizen "of the United States,and a resident of Plain field, in the county of Union'and State of'NewJersey, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in DeliveryMechanism, -.of which the following isa'specificatioir' Thisinventionrelatesto improvements in the folding and delivery apparatus of thatclass of machinery known as web-printing, folding,'and delivering"machines, and has for its object the simplification of such machines, sothat a great variety of products can be produced and delivered therebyand the change from one prod uct to another be quickly and easily madewith but few adjustments of parts.

Theinvention consists of combinations of devices, as hereinafter moreparticularly described, and pointed out in the claims coneluding thisspecification.

The preferred form of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, form-- iug part of this specification, in which-- Figure l isa diagrammatic side elevation showing the cylinders of printing-pressesand two folding and cutting machines; and Fig. 2

indicate four rotary web-perfecting printingble-width web twosingle-width webs edge to edge may be employed. .Whendouble-width websare employed, the slitters commonly used for slitting-webslongitudinally are tobe employed, as will be understood. The fourfolding, cutting, and delivering mechanisms G G G G are shown as beingarranged in pairs, and the pairs are shown as being ar- 1896-Seriflho-GOGjBOS. utomoaerr l 1 ranged vertically one over the otherorin different horizontal planes. The webs a b are led over'therollers'rifwhere they areassociate'd, andihenceareledoverarollertphelongitudik nal half to the mechanism G and the other lonf '2"6o gitu dinal half to the mechanism G2. The webs c d are associated atthe roller r4 audthence are led overa rollert to the mechanisms G G4,"or the webs 0 cl, or one of them, maybe associated with the webs ab, andassociated webs all be led over roller t to the mechanisms G G, andother combinations, as will be here inaft'er described, may be made withthese,

Webs or parts thereof to form' various'products. The mechanisms G! G? GG maybe duplilivery of the products in oppo'sitedirections the drawingsas difiering in details and accomplishing the same end'in substantiallyidentical np to a certain point, as will now the same way} Themechanisms G G are,

be described, each consisting of alOn gitudinalfolding mechanismcomposed'of theinternal former .or guideV, theexternal guides 2, thecutting or perforating cylinders 3 4, the

.guidesb, and tapes 6, by which the webs-0r sheets are guided 10. thegrippers 15 on the carrying-cylinder F F The folding-rollers 8 coactwith the folding-blades 16, which are protruded through longitudinalslots or openings in the cylinders F F toforce the'sheets" between saidrollers. The tapes brunupon rollers or -bhlleys 7 a'nd one of thesaidfolding-rollers 8, Guides 17 and pressure-rollers p coactwiththe'cylinders E E to retain and feed the sheets, as will hereinafter: be,de-

scribed. As thus far described theinechair. isms GandGareduplicatesofeachothenand, as stated above, they may remain so'tothe"end; but I have shownlhem from this point onWard in the drawings asdiffering intheir 7' cates each of the other, except as tothe arrangem'ent of the parts, so'as'to make the deers 8 are taken by thetapes 6 6 (the latter set of tapes running upon the lower of thefolding-rollers 8 and a set of pulleys 7) and delivered downwardlyinfront of fixed guides 18, from which they are pushed upon the travelingtapes 12 of the receiver by means of the rotating arms S in a well-knownmanner.

The cylinders F F are each provided with three sets of grippers 15 andwith two foldingblades 16.

This mechanism isfully described and claimed in my pending applicationfiled on the 29th day of August, 1895, Serial No. 560,881,now LettersPatent No. 572,280,dated December 1, 1896, and need not be describedherein further than to say that the times of revolution of the cylindersI F and the folding-blades 1 6 are as two to three-thatis to say, eachset of grippers 15 will pass the folding-rollers 8 twice, while eachfolding-blade 16 will pass the same point three times, all as fully setforth in my patent aforesaid.

The grippers 15 are operated by suitable mechanism (not shown) asfollows: Each set of grippers may be caused to take the leading edge ofa cut at the point where the gnides'5 and tapes .6 present the same tothe cylinder at every time the said grippers pass that point. (See cam100.) If the cuts are to be folded separately, as in producing four toeight page products from a single web or associated webs, these sets ofgrippers are operated at the proper time to open them to allow of thefolding-off by the blades 16 and rollers 8 of the said cuts. If,however, cut-s from the web or associated webs are to be collected bythe cylinders F F in the manner described in my patent aforesaid, thenone of the blades 16 is rendered inoperative or inactive, and themechanism for opening the grippers 15, so that the sheets may be foldedoff the said cylinders, is adjusted so as to open said sets at suchtimes only during alternate revolutions of the cylinders F F all as inmy aforesaid patent is fully described. ThegripperslOofthecylinderllareoperated at proper times by suitable mechanism to cause them to take andto release the folded products delivered to them from thefolding-rollers 8. References 9 indicate gearing similar to that shownin said patent for operating the blades 16.

By' the aforesaid arrangements of parts and a single web products offour pages or with collection by the cylinders F F prodnets of eightpages, may be delivered from the mechanisms G G With two associated webstwo eight-page products may be delivered by the said mechanisms and twosixteen-page products may also be delivered by collecting cuts, as abovedescribed, from each longitudinal half of the associated webs. Byarranging mechanism for operating the grippers 15 of the cylinders F Fso that at the point where the cylinders are adjacent each other thegrippers of one cylinder will release the cuts held by it and thegrippers of the other cylinder will take the cuts from the oppositecylinder a transfer of the cuts from one cylinder to the otheris made,and in this way a single thirty-two-page product may be .delivered.

Thus the grippers 15 of the cylinder F may be opened by a movable cam102 as they pass the cylinder F, and the grippers 15 of the cylinder F,which have been opened by a movable ram 101, after passing thepressure-roller h are closed to take the cuts from the cylinder F andassociate them with the cuts upon the cylinder F. The arrangement of themechanisms necessary to do this in the case of a thirty-twopage productis as follows: The gripper-operating mechanism of the cylinder F may bearranged so that each set of grippers will be open to take a cut fromthe guides 5 and tapes 6 at the point where these present the cuts tothe cylinder; also, the mechanism fol-opening the grippers when foldingoff is arranged, as above described, to operate these grippers only ateach alternate revolution thereof, and in addition the mechanism foroperating these grippers 15 to take cuts from the cylinder F is arrangedto operate them, as above described, during alternate revolutions of thesaid grippers; also, one of the blades 16 on the cylinder F isrenderedinoperative, as above described. The mechanism for operating thegrippers 15 of the cylinder F is arranged to cause them to take cutsfrom the guides 5 and tapes 6, as above described, and to cause each setto open during alternate revolutions thereof as they pass the cylinderF, so as to deliver the collected sheets or cuts to the grippersthereof. The blades 16 of cylinder F are both rendered inoperative. Theoperation of the parts after these adjustments and arrangements are madeis as follows: Each longitudinal half of the associated webs a b isseparately folded, cut into sheets, and delivered to the grippers 15 ofcylinders F F It may be assumed that the grippers 15 of cylinder F takeand carry around the sheets, and theactive fold- IIO ing-blade 16thereof folds ofi the sheets, as

illustrated in Figs. 8 to 17 of Patent No. 572,280, above named, exceptthat the said sets of grippers 15 are opened as they approach thecylinder F and close to take the sheets from that cylinder, as will nextbe described. The sets of grippers 15 of the cylinder F are each openedto take sheets from guides 5 and tapes 6 and carry the sheets around andcollect them, as shown in Figs. 8 to 17 of Patent No. 572,280,aforesaid, except that the collected sheets are not folded off betweenthe rollers 8, but are carried on around to the cylinder F. Each set ofgrippers 15 of cylinder F opens only on alternate revolutions as itapproaches or passes the cylinder F, and the set of grippers 15 of thecylinder F, which passes cylinder F at the same time, is operated totake the collected sheets from the cylinder F and the set of grippers 15of the cylinder F, which is sqoperated, isa set 'by the cylinder ll uponthe tapes 12.

or webs going to the mechanisms G G may be.

delivered single-that is, withoutcollctingby the cylinder F to thecylinder F and'eightpage or sixteen-page products be deliveredarrangement of the mechanism necessary to do this is'as follows:Thegrippers 15 on each of the cylinders F F are operated to take cutsfrom the guides 5 and tapes 6, as above described. The folding-blades 16of the cyl inder F are rendered inoperative, and both blades 16 of thecylinder F are rendered operative. The grippers-15 of the cylinder F arearranged to open as they pass the cylinder'F to release sheets, and thegrippers 15 of the cylinder F are operated to take the sheets or cutsfrom the cylinder 15 at this point' and are also arranged to beopened'to release the collected sheets in order that the same may befolded off the cylinder F bythe blades 16 and the rollers 8. The cams101 102 are stationary while this operation proceeds. Inasmuch as meansfor holding such camsfast are well-known, I have not shown the sameherein.

Itis obvious that by suitable choice of width or webs, as single-width,half-width, one-andone-half-Width, and double-width webs, upon thepresses A B by combining the products in various ways, sometimescollecting and sometimes not andsometimes transferring from cylinder Fand sometimes not,I may obtain products containing six, ten, twelve,fourteen, twenty, twenty-four, and twenty-eight pages, as well as thefour, eight, sixteen, and thirtytwo page products above described.

What has been said hereinbefore concerning the number of pages in theproducts obtained is based upon the assumption that each cut from eachsingle-width web in the mechanisms G G contains but four pages. With theforms upon the cylinders of such size that each cut contains eight pages(or other multiple of four) then of course the number of pages in theproducts above described is increased in the same ratio.

The mechanisms G G differ structurally from mechanisms G G in that forthe cylinders F F are substituted the cylinders F F each having two setsof grippers 15 and being provided with two folding-blades, which areoperated in any suitable or usual waysuch, for instance, as shown inLetters Patent of the United States No. 215,844, granted May 27, 1879andthat for the delivery mechanisms forming part of the mechanisms G G issubstituted a delivery composed ofthe tapes 6, running upon the rollers7.and one of the folding-rollers 8, and the tapes 6", running It resultsupon the rollers 7 7 and the lower foldingrollers 8, which tapes run thefolded product out between the rollers 7 '7 and down between The guidesk are placed so as to engage-the products only at' their edges, and theproducts are pushed the tapes 6 and the guides 76.

out by the vibratory arms m upon the'traveL ing tapes 12. The rollers orpulleys 7 and 7 are shown as being carried by pivoted arms for the usualpurpose of tightening the respective sets of tapes running upon them. Ifit is desired to associate the web or the cuts from the mechanism G withthe products formed by the mechanism G it may be done by rendering thefolding-blades and the grippers 15* of the cylinder F inoperative andleading the transversely-perforated web around the cylinder 15', thecylinder 19, over the guides 20 onto the cylinder F and asso-' ciatingthem with the cuts. coming from the cylinder F The cams 104:, which maybe removable, open the grippers 15 at the proper times. A set of tapes21, running upon the rollers'or pulleys 22, coact with the cylinder 19and guides 20 to feed the sheets forward.

The cuts of the web coming from themechanism Gr would beseparated fromthe web at the moment the folding-rollers 8 take the sheets, it beingunderstood that in. all cases the tapes 6 and rollers 8 mayacceleratethe speed of the sheets, and thus severthem from their webs inthe well-known manner, or in case the cutters upon the'cylinders 3completely sever the web the grippers 15 of the cylinders F may beoperated "to take the cuts from the guides 5 and tapes 6 and to deliverthem to grippers 23 upon the cylinder 19, which in turn open to delivercuts upon the guides 20. Cams for opening the grippers 23 at the propertimes are shown, but are not marked in Fig. 2. Such cams may beremovable or otherwise arranged so as not to operate the grippers 23when the cylinder 19 is not in use as a transfer-cylinder, whereby noisemay be avoided. By the described arrangement of parts it is possible todeliver (without collecting) products containing two, four, six, eight,ten, twelve, fourteen, or sixteen pages from the machines 0 and D and bycollecting products containing a greater number of pages may beobtained. In order to produce two-page products, a single-width web maybe perfected in one press, the plates and the web being so placed thatthe split web goes half to mechanism G and the other half to mechanism Gthat is to say, the triangles V of these mechanisms merely act asturning-bars and not as internal guides of a folding mechanism, and theunfolded halves of the web are cut into sheets,'which are de-' I liveredat opposite sides of the machine upon the tapes 12.

gle-width Web to produce the two-page copies.

In Fig. 2 several parts connected with the cylinders F 'F are omittedfor the sake of clearness in the drawings. Moreover, such guides 25.Instead of adjustingthe whole of omitted parts are or may be of usual orknown construction and operation. In the particular embodiment of theinvention shown in the drawings it is arranged to take the webs from oneor both the mechanisms G3 G o1' the cuts derived therefrom to either ofthe mechanisms F F and there associate them with the webs or cutsnormally manipulated thereby. Assuming that the cuts furnished by themechanism G3 G are to be associated with the cuts furnished by themechanism G the arrangement of the parts shown is as follows: Thefolding-blades of the cylinders F F are rendered inoperative,and thegrippers thereof are operated to take the cuts, as hereinbeforedescribed, and to open in time, so as to deliver the cuts to the guides25, which strip them from the cylinders, and to the sets of tapes 26.These guides and tapes direct the cuts downwardly between the rollers q,and the sets of tapes carry the cuts downward to the rollers or pulleysp, at which point the guide 27 and one of the said sets of tapes 26direct the cuts to and upon the cylinder F where they are associatedwith the cuts coming from the web or webs manipulated by the mechanism Gand are folded and delivered therewith. The sets of guides 25 may beadjustable cireumferentially of the shaft 28, by which they are carriedand supported, so as to be adjustable into and out of circumferentialgrooves in the cylinders F F". Guides 24 serve to hold the sheetsagainst the cylinders F F. The sets of tapes 26 run upon rollers 0, p,and q, as will be understood from the drawings. The guides 27 areadjustable circumferentially of the shaft 29 in order that the cutsdelivered by the sets of tapes 26 may be directed upon either of thecylinders F F Instead of having the guides 25 adjustable upon theirshaft in order to guide them into or out of the circumferential groovesof the cylinders F or F these guides may be fixed or stationary withrespect to the said shaft and may have their ends jointed to them in themanner in which the blade of a knife is jointed to the handle, so as toopen or close and be held in such positionby a spring, all asillustrated in Fig. 4, wherein ends 25 are hinged to the guides 25 andare held in different positions by means of the Hat spring 25".

In Fig. 3 the guides 25 are shown in the positions they occupy when thecuts are being directed along tapes 26 to and associated with cuts oneither or both of the cylinders F F When not so associating the cuts,the guides 25 are loosened from shaft 28 and their working ends aredropped down out of the grooves in cylinders F F", so as to allow thecylinders to carry the sheets on around, and the guides are there lockedto shaft 28 again. In the first-named case the sheet-retainers arecaused to loose the sheets as these are diverted from the cylinders bythe guides 25, while in the second case the retainers are made to holdonto the sheets as they pass the the guides 25 for the purposesdescribed their working ends may be jointed to them, as in Fig. 5, inwhich the full' lines indicate the same positions of the endsof theguides asis shown in Fig. 3, while the dotted lines indicate thepositions of the ends when sheets are diverted from the cylinders F F bythe guides. The ends 25 are simply dropped down (dotted lines) insteadof the whole guide 25.

The reference gin various figures of the drawings indicates gearing bywhich the parts are driven.

All four webs a b c d may be associated and led to one pair ofmechanisms, as G G Thus the webs ab are associated at the roller r andthe web (1 is led downward over the roller 1- and is associated with theweb 0 at the roller 1' and the two webs are then associated with thewebs a b at the roller 7- as indicated in Fig. 1 by the-dotted lines,and then all four webs are led over the roller zfto the mechanisms G Gor to the mechanisms Gr G The last-named arrangement permits of theformation of copies containing two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve,fourteen, sixteen, twenty, twenty four, twenty eight, thirty-two, forty,forty-eight, fifty-six, and sixty-four pages, according to the number ofhalf width, single width, one anda halfwidth, or double-width websemployed, the number of printing-presses run, and the use or non-use ofthe collecting mechanism and the transverse transference of the cuts orwebs.

WVhat I claim is- 1. The combination with a plurality of double-widthpresses arranged one above another, of four longitudinally folding andtransversely-cutting mechanisms arranged by pairs on different levels orplanes and in the same vertical zone, a delivery for each of saidmechanisms,and means whereby the cuts from the upper cutting mechanismsmay be associated and delivered with the cuts from either or both of thelower folders, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a plurality of double-width presses arranged oneabove another, of four longitudinally folding and transversely cuttingand folding mechanisms arranged by pairs on diiferent levels and in thesame vertical zone, a delivery for each of said mechanisms, and meanswhereby the cuts from the upper cutting mechanisms may be associatedfolded transversely and delivered with the cuts from either or both thelower folders, substantially as described.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 14th day of September, A. D. 1896.

WALTER. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

CHAS. A. BORDEN, RICHARD W. BARKLEY.

